Matthew Kam

Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction

Matthew Kam, in a bid to address root causes of poverty, is leading an international study evaluating mobile phone games as a means of teaching English skills to students in developing nations.

Investigating how e-learning games on cellphones can extend literacy and second language learning among children in rural areas and the urban slums in the developing world.

Established Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies (MILLEE) project that is leading an 800-student field study in rural India of cell phone educational games. Plans are underway to expand into China and Kenya.

Working with students to develop e-learning games suitable for cheap, 8-bit computers that plug into TV sets that are ubiquitous in developing nations.